IHD to sue general staff of Turkish armed forces for Balıkcı’s assassination

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) is going to sue the general staff of the Turkish armed forces and commanders of Sevag Sahin Balıkcı, who was killed on April 24.

IHD will demand to make liable persons, whose negligence has served as a reason behind the death of the Armenian servicemen, Milliyet reported.

Sevag Sahin Balıkcı, 25, of Armenian descent, was killed in a Turkish military unit on April 24, 2011. As Turkish media reports, the Armenian was killed after the gunshot wound he received while playing a practical joke with his co-serviceman.

Recently, new details of his death were revealed. On the day of Balэkcэ’s death, an order was given to fence the military unit he served at with a barbed wire.

Usually, the fencing is preceded by the soldiers’ unloading their weapons under the commander’s supervision. However, on April 24, none of the commanders made sure the weapons were unloaded. Kivanc Agaoglu claims to inadvertently have pressed the trigger and killed Sevag. Agaoglu was taken under arrest.